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Tiger Aloe in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Gonialoe variegata syn. Aloe variegata

 

Tiger Aloe

Gonialoe variegata has orange-red flowers, and green fleshy leaves striped and flecked with cream. Plants grow to around 20–30 cm, with 18–24 leaves arranged in three ranks. New leaves appear individually over time from the centre of the plant, flattening older leaves and pushing them outward in a spiral fashion. Each leaf is a rich green colour with irregular light green banding made up of amalgamated, slightly raised oval spots, and similarly light coloured fine serrations along each edge. In mature plants the outer, and thus oldest, leaves are 10–15 cm long and approximately 3–6 cm broad at the base. Depending on trauma, space, water availability or even old age, outer leaves will die off, turning golden brown and shriveling away. Plants reach maturity in three to seven years, again largely dependent on the space, sunlight and water available, at which point they will begin to send out racemes of flowers. Flowers develop in a cluster at the head of the raceme and are spaced out by its rapid growth.

 
plant Features
  • Tiger Aloe likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Tiger Aloe likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Tiger Aloe is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Tiger Aloe likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Tiger Aloe

Latin name

Gonialoe variegata syn. Aloe variegata

type

Succulent

family

Asphodelaceae

ph

7.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Tiger Aloe likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Tiger Aloe is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Tiger Aloe likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Tiger Aloe likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Tiger Aloe is 1.00meters x 0.30meters 1.00 M 0.30 M

Gonialoe variegata syn. Aloe variegata

Gonialoe variegata has orange-red flowers, and green fleshy leaves striped and flecked with cream. Plants grow to around 20–30 cm, with 18–24 leaves arranged in three ranks. New leaves appear individually over time from the centre of the plant, flattening older leaves and pushing them outward in a spiral fashion. Each leaf is a rich green colour with irregular light green banding made up of amalgamated, slightly raised oval spots, and similarly light coloured fine serrations along each edge. In mature plants the outer, and thus oldest, leaves are 10–15 cm long and approximately 3–6 cm broad at the base. Depending on trauma, space, water availability or even old age, outer leaves will die off, turning golden brown and shriveling away. Plants reach maturity in three to seven years, again largely dependent on the space, sunlight and water available, at which point they will begin to send out racemes of flowers. Flowers develop in a cluster at the head of the raceme and are spaced out by its rapid growth.


Planting

From Early Spring TO Late Winter

Plant in good cactus compost, or a loamy compost with added sand, for drainage.

 

Propagating

From Early Spring TO Late Winter

Carefully remove side-shoots when they are large enough to handle, cutting them away from the parent plant. Make sure they have some root, and re-pot.

 

Flowering

From Late Spring TO Early Spring

Downward hanging flowers grow on spikes, and can be white, yellow, orange or red. They usually appear in Summer, but can be seen irregularly through the year.

 
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